Bangladesh Needs Fresh Leaders and Meticulously Designed System

Abstract

In 2007 Bangladesh got an altogether different government in Bangladesh. This government is different because of many reasons including its wonderful successes in: (i) Creation of independent Judiciary (ii) Bringing even the most powerful culprits/offenders to justice and (iii) Success in establishing discipline, honesty and accountability in many sectors. While this is the bright side of the story, the darkest side is, this government would handover power to the elected government after one year and then, by all possibilities the previous types of leaders would be in power. By every likelihood they would repeat their usual actions. At that time, under their fresh oppression and injustice, what the people would do are: (i) They would lament for the short-lasting sweet days under the caretaker government and (ii) The architects of the ‘golden days’ would witness, how the dirty bulls smash their enviable achievements. The peace loving citizens of the country should endeavor their best in order to avoid seeing such a pathetic situation. If we really want to assure that we would need two things: (i) Fresh, dedicated, honest and intelligent leaders in our political arena and (ii) A political and administrative mechanism capable of retaining the honesty and accountability of the political leaders and bureaucrats. The probable ways in which these can be done will be the subject matter of our today’s discussion.